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09-11-2020, 02:42 AM | #1 |
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09-11-2020, 08:55 AM | #2 |
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I remember watching M.A.S.K. in the 1970's.
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09-11-2020, 09:18 AM | #3 |
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Me too!!!
Really, the only part of this announcement I'm disappointed about is no mention of a GI Joe animated series. We got new figures, new old figures, a game, and a new movie coming out. Just go full bore and give us a cartoon series.
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09-11-2020, 09:43 AM | #4 |
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Been saying for years GI Joe needs to be a Netflix type cartoon series. Like resolute only a series.
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09-11-2020, 12:58 PM | #5 |
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Without any concrete evidence, I just think Hasbro is reluctant because they think Twitter is reality, and you take a chance being called alt-right if you do anything that could be perceived as glorifying the military. Because God knows we can't have the Twitter outrage mob come after you.
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09-11-2020, 03:14 PM | #6 |
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With respect, I don't think that the issue is about military themes being considered "Alt-Right". Rather, it's the overall issue of not knowing what tone is correct. The closer a series gets to "real world" military, the more uncomfortable that makes parents. It's not that they hate or don't respect our armed services, but rather that the idea of an eight year old child being sold on stories about real world warfare (even against a fictitious enemy like Cobra) can be distressing to parents who do not come from a service background or extensive military family history. It tends to bring up thoughts of American service people overseas being killed, injured or coping with serious issues. Add to that any parent teacher conferences where little Bradley is said to be “overly aggressive” or “drawing or writing about violence” in class, and that makes “War Toys” a sort of boogeyman that embodies a whole bunch of negative issues.
So the obvious alternative is to go in a more fantastical, science fiction direction. Now there, the challenge is that Hasbro is already invested in that direction through the Star Wars license. If you want your military fantasy to be 90% robots, monsters, laser beams and martial arts to avoid the specter of “Honey, our eight year old son won’t stop talking about how ‘cool’ it would be to grow up and be an Army Ranger and shoot people. I think this whole ‘GI JOE’ cartoon is really not a great influence”, then the problem is that Star Wars already has those bases firmly covered. If eight year old Bradley says that he wants to be a Jedi when he grows up, that to parents is not as distressing. They reckon they eventually that desire will find outlets in some constructive directions like perhaps Tae Kwon Do, or an interest in space and science. And yes, folks will probably mention that video games somehow stomp right through that blurry line. Absolutely true. The parents that frown at the “Army Toys” in Target or Wal Mart somehow often have a massive blind spot when it comes to things like X-Box Games. To this day, I really can’t figure quite why. But in short, It’s a very difficult, delicate balancing act. These are issues that were in play well before the past four years.
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09-11-2020, 04:37 PM | #7 |
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09-11-2020, 06:31 PM | #8 |
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That makes 3 of us. Hahaha!
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09-11-2020, 07:58 PM | #9 |
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Surely you guys are kidding, M.a.s.k. was not in the 70’s.
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09-11-2020, 08:03 PM | #10 |
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